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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Left My Gumption in Boston

I'm having a tough time getting back into my healthy routine and can't seem to get enough rest. My trip, PMS and the time change has proven to be a triple blow. I do love the longer days, though, so losing the hour is definitely worth it.

Side note: I was off wine and sugar and processed grains (for the most part) for the majority January and February and had no PMS to speak of. A couple of weeks imbibing and indulging has led to a rip-roaring case of it. Interesting!

It seems like I ate far too many sweets while I was away but I don't have the same appetite that I used to. This is a good thing to note! I ate more fruit and veggies than sweets, which is still funny to me. I came home knowing my weight was up but all my jeans fit just right which is a very good gauge of maintenance. It's the getting my butt moving that's the issue. Warmer weather will definitely help remedy that and get me out walking around.

I feel a little better just by having typed this out. I must never underestimate the power of blogging/talking about what's really going on, that way I can figure out how to move ONWARD and UPWARD!

I'm off to the market a little later to stock the pantry. I'm making a boiled dinner, a small corned beef with a butt load of veggies...carrots, rutabaga, Brussels, tiny yellow taters and sweet potato and then I'll transform the leftover meat into Ruben sandwiches. If I can find rye flour at the supermarket, I'm going to make the bread.

I'm craving greens so hopefully they will have some good looking rainbow chard. I'm going to make a spicy brown rice dish to go with the greens. Just a rotisserie chicken on a big chopped salad tonight because Rob and I have some errands to run this evening.

There are lots of things blooming around Shady Dame, so I have lots of pics to post and will have some food porn to share soon, too, so watch this space.

I'd love to hear from you: What do you do when you aren't feeling motivated?How do you keep a few day slump turning into an all out backslide?

2 comments:

I wish I knew. My summer fitness routine was just right. Biking three or four days a week, weights two. Then around October it got too cold to bike, right when I had a huge month of work obligations. Then it was the holidays, I had some medical stuff, and we got temporarily relocated for my husband's job. We always exercised together, but now he's got a long commute. I've been keeping up with *some* exercise, at least a few days a week, and sometimes I manage a pretty good stretch of a few weeks. I just can't get it to be a habit again in the same way it was a few months ago.

Mostly I tell myself that even a few times a week is better than the nothing I used to do. I try to balance between the reality that life is oddly hectic right now and making excuses for laziness.